October 31, 2012 15:38 IST
Source: http://www.rediff.com

Former Central Bureau of Investigation's former chief investigating officer K Ragothaman has claimed in a recently published book -- Conspiracy to kill Rajiv: From CBI files – that a lot of facts pertaining to the former prime minister's assassination were either suppressed, or were studiously ignored.

Pheroze L. Vincent

Source: http://www.thehindu.com

The first ever performance of a Hebrew-language play by an Israeli troupe in India has provoked a controversy, with the Indian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, InCABI, demanding that the Sunday event be cancelled.

Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com

The endangered Asiatic wild water buffaloes largely found in Central India are now on the radar of conservationists from across the world. The international and national experts in their four-day meet from Monday in Maharashtra is to draw up an action plan for their protection.

SP Udaykumar has allegedly gone ‘underground’ and the Tamil Nadu police will allow him the luxury of his grandiose delusions until the government issues instructions to drag him out of his hole. It is intriguing though that despite the fact that the police have issued a non-bailable warrant against Udayakumar, the man has not surrendered and the police have not arrested him yet. If some newspaper reports are to be believed, Udayakumar and his gang have dug up roads in Idinthakarai to make sure police vehicles do not enter the village. And thereby hangs a tale.

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Bureaucrats aren’t the only ones to continue in government post-retirement. Of the 21 judges to have retired from the Supreme Court since January 2008, 18 got jobs in different government commissions and tribunals. A majority still continue in these positions.